| Title | Ring of Fire: reconstructing long-term environmental records to support regional assessment |
| Download | Download (whole publication) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Benoit, N; Jautzy, J |
| Source | Public presentations of October 14, 2020: Groundwater Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle; by Jacob, N; Russell, H A J; Brodaric, B; Rivard, C; Paradis, D; Benoit, N; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 119, 2021 p. 62-75, https://doi.org/10.4095/327588  Open Access |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Public presentations of
October 14, 2020: Groundwater Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle |
| Related | This publication is related to Ring of Fire: reconstructing
long-term environmental records to support regional assessment |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 43A/04; 43A/05; 43A/12; 43A/13; 43B; 43C; 43D; 43E/01; 43E/02; 43E/03; 43E/06; 43E/07; 43E/08; 43F/01; 43F/02; 43F/03; 43F/04; 43F/05; 43F/06; 43F/07; 43F/08; 43G/01; 43G/02; 43G/03; 43G/04; 43G/05; 43G/06;
43G/07; 43G/08 |
| Area | Webequie; Attawapiskat; James Bay; Fort Albany; Marten Falls; Attawapiskat River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -87.2500 -81.8333 53.5000 52.1667 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; surficial geology/geomorphology; regional geology; environmental geology; geochemistry; Economics and Industry; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; groundwater resources;
aquifers; groundwater pollution; groundwater flow; environmental impacts; metals; wetlands; peatlands; mining; mineral deposits; stratiform deposits; chromite; nickel; copper; zinc; surface waters; lakes; remobilization; paleoenvironment; topography;
sediments; bedrock geology; boreholes; wells; overburden thickness; hydraulic analyses; modelling; models; lake sediment geochemistry; lake water geochemistry; lead; Ring of Fire (Ontario); Victor Mines; North Kenyon Fault; Stull-Wunnummin Fault;
environmental baseline studies; Environmental impact assessment; Climate change; cumulative effects; lacustrine sediments; Forest fires; Mining industry; platinum group elements; Geographic information systems; Phanerozoic; Paleozoic;
Precambrian |
| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; digital elevation models |
| Program | Groundwater Geoscience Groundwater Geoscience Management |
| Released | 2021 02 19 |
| Abstract | Ring of Fire (RoF) = large mineral deposits of Ni/Cu/Zn/Cr and PGM: Located in one of the world's largest peatland system; Sensitive to climate change (Hadley et al., 2019) and anthropogenic stresses
(Leclair et al., 2015)
Environmental conditions: Additional knowledge required to understand how baseline conditions respond to climate change and new anthropogenic stresses (e.g., roads, mining camps,...); Natural presence and behavior of
metal(loid)s in this system needs to be carefully assessed prior to any development; Changes to groundwater flow dynamic, changes in lake sediment conditions and forest fires can potentially enhance the remobilization of metal(loid)s over time;
Explore and develop environmental indicators adapted to the RoF environment. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
On October 14, 2020 all project leaders under the GGP intended to present virtually the status of their research to all NRCan employees wanting to
attend. Due to technical difficulties the event was cancelled. All five of the PowerPoint presentations prepared for this event are included in this synthesis and the pre-recorded presentations can be seen on YouTube via this link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHIc7ff3vEdII708VhgsLsg Key words: groundwater classification, methods development, groundwater portal, characterization, shallow aquifers, Fox Creek, water resource, modelling, Ring of Fire and assessment. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 327588 |
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